professional bad example

tl;dr the esmod pattern drafting textbooks aren't that good at all, the second one even actually just repeats a lot of the stuff in the first. i'd have expected better considering esmod's reputation. as is, i'm sending them back to amazon. i wish i could just recommend this book to everyone who wants to draft patterns, it's seriously great and i say so even though i don't personally like müller und sohn-style basic drafts, but it only exists in german